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Re: Psychiatrist won't let me try amphetamines. » Mr. Scott

Posted by Elizabeth on January 25, 2002, at 1:34:48

In reply to Re: Psychiatrist won't let me try amphetamines. » Elizabeth, posted by Mr. Scott on January 23, 2002, at 21:59:20

> These days the launch of any new Rx product with a good marketing budget will create a fad diagnosis.

I think it's all these new anticonvulsants -- not just Depakote, but also Lamictal, Neurontin, Topamax, etc. It's interesting to note that many of these new AEDs are approved only for "adjunctive therapy" of epilepsy, not for monotherapy. It appears that the manufacturers just wanted to get them on the market and then see what doctors would prescribe them for.

There's also the realization by doctors that "borderline personality disorder" is in fact responsive to medications -- it makes them want to redefine it as bipolar II.

-elizabeth


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